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teaching the next generation of tech justice lawyers @georgetownlaw.bsky.social research + art @ tepski.tech

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You're not going to make any money doing this and no one is going to read it, so you must hope for a secret third thing to happen

09.03.2026 17:56 πŸ‘ 712 πŸ” 127 πŸ’¬ 27 πŸ“Œ 74
How Tech Took Over Technology firms play key roles in public governance. Their products enable forms of reasoning and data processing that modern agencies must use. Their data per

just posted a new paper, How Tech Took Over, to SSRN.

It's about how decades of legal and policy interventions made the tech industry an essential partner in public governance. I map the kinds of functions tech cos are performing today, and I argue that their activities are salient to con law.

09.03.2026 15:25 πŸ‘ 77 πŸ” 31 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 2
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TOMORROW: Commercial data can reveal more about our health than we think. In a post-Roe world, that data can also become evidence. Join CDT + experts on 3/10 @ 1 PM ET for β€œWhen Commercial Data Becomes Evidence: Health Privacy & Corporate Responsibility Post-Roe.” Register: cdt.org/event/when-c...

09.03.2026 20:50 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Bluesky CEO Jay Graber Is Stepping Down Venture capitalist Toni Schneider will take over as interim CEO as Bluesky’s board of directors hunts for a permanent replacement.

Exclusive: Jay Graber is stepping down as head of Bluesky. Venture capitalist Toni Schneider will be the interim CEO until a permanent replacement is found.

09.03.2026 19:04 πŸ‘ 865 πŸ” 398 πŸ’¬ 166 πŸ“Œ 808
Trade Secret Societies Trade secret law is premised on secrecy, though it has not yet contended with the individual and social effects of keeping and leaking secrets in the psychologi

I've just posted a draft of my new article on "Trade Secret Societies," which is forthcoming in the UCLA Law Review @uclalawreview.bsky.social papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

09.03.2026 15:44 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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ABA moves to axe US law school diversity requirements The American Bar Association is poised to eliminate its diversity and inclusion requirement for law schools amid legal uncertainty and political pressure.

www.reuters.com/legal/legali...

09.03.2026 02:44 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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AI Is Inventing Academic Papers That Don't Exist -- And They're Being Cited in Real Journals Academic articles from authors using large language model are creating an ecosystem of fake research that threatens human knowledge itself.

www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

08.03.2026 22:54 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Prof. Peters teaching at Yale, she stands by a blackboard and is wearing pants and a blazer. She looks to be in her mid 40s but it is hard to say. Picture from Yale law school website obituary.

Prof. Peters teaching at Yale, she stands by a blackboard and is wearing pants and a blazer. She looks to be in her mid 40s but it is hard to say. Picture from Yale law school website obituary.

In honor of international Women's Day I am going to tell you a story about Ellen Ash Peters, the first female professor at Yale Law and the first female Justice on the Connecticut Supreme Court.

08.03.2026 15:35 πŸ‘ 188 πŸ” 54 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 6
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Harvard dropouts to launch 'always on' AI smart glasses that listen and record every conversation | TechCrunch After developing a facial-recognition app for Meta’s Ray-Ban glasses and doxing random people, two former Harvard students are now launching a startup that makes smart glasses with an always-on microp...

techcrunch.com/2025/08/20/h...

08.03.2026 15:31 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
Two women in surgical scrubs and caps wearing headsets, seated in a clinical setting and looking at a monitor or control panel.

Two women in surgical scrubs and caps wearing headsets, seated in a clinical setting and looking at a monitor or control panel.

Free knowledge isn't truly free if half the world is underrepresented. On International Women's Day, we celebrate editors, organizers, and advocates who change that. Through projects like Women in Red, Art+Feminism, WikiGap, and others, more women share their stories.

08.03.2026 14:49 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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These States Are Joining in the Push to Ban Surveillance Pricing At least a dozen states are considering legislation.

gizmodo.com/these-states...

08.03.2026 03:09 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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People who know more about AI art find it less ethical When people understand the system and process behind AI art, its moral implications become harder to accept

www.scientificamerican.com/article/peop...

08.03.2026 00:34 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

😬

08.03.2026 00:33 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Law profs, there are alternatives to Westlaw + Lexis: scholarship.law.georgetown.edu/facpub/2684/

07.03.2026 22:49 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Jesus on the cross, from a stunning 14th-century manuscript known as the Holkham Bible Picture Book. Explore more of its glorious depictions of bible scenes here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/holkham-bible

07.03.2026 20:47 πŸ‘ 52 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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AI Translations Are Adding β€˜Hallucinations’ to Wikipedia Articles AI translated articles swapped sources or added unsourced sentences with no explanation, while others added paragraphs sourced from completely unrelated material.

404media.co/ai-translati...

07.03.2026 16:48 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Eyes on AI Eyes on AI is a game that helps you understand how AI-powered surveillance impacts your life and community.

eyeson-ai.org

07.03.2026 15:21 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

youraislopbores.me

07.03.2026 14:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

My husband just ordered me twelve tins (!) of tingly peanuts, if you’re wondering how my Spring Break is going.

06.03.2026 21:02 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Missourians on probation and parole can’t vote. Their rights might be restored The House has approved legislation that would allow the more than 53,000 people supervised by the state to vote.

www.stlpr.org/government-p...

06.03.2026 18:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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8 Badass Librarians We Need to Celebrate This International Women’s Day In the late Victorian era, Melvil Dewey, inventor of the Dewey Decimal system (and a womanizer) argued that women make excellent librarians because we have β€œa clear head, strong hand… and great hea…

β€œWe don’t know if there will be a happy resolution to the problems plaguing our country, and we can’t skip ahead to find out. But I believe if we support and uplift librarians, there will be more sunlight for all of us.” @thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social

06.03.2026 12:26 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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TTAB Deems CHATGPT Merely Descriptive of Chatbot Software
thettablog.blogspot.com/2026/03/ttab...

06.03.2026 14:51 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2

Wtf wtf wtf

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Dark green solid with bright yellow and burgundy and lavender pops

Dark green solid with bright yellow and burgundy and lavender pops

Large tortoise boy eating a salad

Large tortoise boy eating a salad

Today in Jeremy's salad: collard greens, coreopsis, pansy, and henbit

05.03.2026 15:58 πŸ‘ 372 πŸ” 46 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 3
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Surveillance innovator accuses ICE of widespread patent infringement The patent holder, SecureNet Solutions Group, was an operating company which shuttered almost two decades ago and has asserted its patents since 2015 in 17 US district court cases

www.iam-media.com/article/surv...

06.03.2026 12:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Main image features director Guillermo Del Toro.

Text reads "GUILLERMO DEL TORO MEETS FRANKENSTEIN AT THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY

The filmmaker explored NYPL's collection of original works and artifacts of Frankenstein author Mary Shelley, the inspiration for del Toro's own acclaimed adaptation."

Main image features director Guillermo Del Toro. Text reads "GUILLERMO DEL TORO MEETS FRANKENSTEIN AT THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY The filmmaker explored NYPL's collection of original works and artifacts of Frankenstein author Mary Shelley, the inspiration for del Toro's own acclaimed adaptation."

The New York Public Library hosted filmmaker Guillermo del Toro for a tour of the library’s Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle to explore some of the historical materials in the collection related to Mary Shelley and β€œFrankenstein.”

Read more at https://bit.ly/4r774KF

05.03.2026 23:51 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We are hiring a Head of Global Advocacy and Internet Policy at the Internet Society! This is a rare opportunity to join our team and shape the future of the Internet during one of its most challenging eras. 1/5

06.03.2026 00:03 πŸ‘ 34 πŸ” 25 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2

Also same.

05.03.2026 23:04 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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OpenAI Had Banned Military Use. The Pentagon Tested Its Models Through Microsoft Anyway Sources allege the Defense Department experimented with Microsoft’s version of OpenAI technology before the ChatGPT-maker lifted its prohibition on military applications.

www.wired.com/story/openai...

05.03.2026 22:16 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"why did you become a writer" because no one gave a shit about my special interests growing up. now i make them everyone else's problem. next question

05.03.2026 20:31 πŸ‘ 1254 πŸ” 228 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 0